Help and Keep

Opposite meaning words

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Keep is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Help is an antonym for keep in prevent topic.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

human	human help	human keep
good	good help	good keep
valuable	valuable help	valuable keep
best	best help	best keep
Other adjectives: better, proper, actual, massive, big, great, huge, personal, magic, major, extra.

humanity	help humanity	keep humanity
people	help people	keep people
children	help children	keep children
family	help family	keep family
Other words: company, someone, time, way, world, anyone, everyone, humans, friends.

You're going to make something up, be sure it will help or keep your mouth closed!

Source: Theatre / Glengarry Glen Ross
They send it back to the mainland over and over again with pleas for help and keep getting replies from the owner, who thinks he's found a new pen pal with a great sense of humor.

Source: Mistaken for Prank Call
Did she think telling the whole town about Mary's bulimia was so she could get her some support and help and keep the littles safe, or did she do it because she saw Mary as a threat and wanted to distract from her own faults?

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Literature

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